The Flint water crisis started because the government wanted to save money, but what other steps could the state have taken to increase revenue without putting lives in danger? Legalizing cannabis instead of wasting money on arrests, for one.

Want to buy legal green without pushing your bank account into the red? Well, then head to the Pacific Northwest. According to MarketWatch, Oregon has the lowest average prices of dispensary cannabis at $214 an ounce. Perfect Price, a price optimization company, analyzed the menu prices for cannabis flowers from 6,000 dispensaries in Oregon, Colorado, Washington, Arizona, California and Michigan, and found that the states with fully operational adult-use markets had lower prices than those…